River Point Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
River Point Water System serves about 45 people through 15 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bossier Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1015030; phone on file: 318-208-0455. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
River Point Water System's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for River Point Water System is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How River Point Water System compares
Of the 802 Louisiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.72 ppb; 4 are over 15 ppb right now and 30 have gone over at some point. River Point Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Louisiana and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Bossier Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than River Point Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bossier City Water System | 79,506 | 1 ppb |
| Village Water System | 24,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barksdale Afb Water System | 13,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Benton Water System | 8,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cypress Black Bayou Water System | 5,520 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Haughton Water System | 5,355 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sligo Water System Incorporated | 2,850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Plain Dealing Water System | 2,346 | 1 ppb |
| West Central Bossier Water System | 1,771 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Bossier Water System | 1,755 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bossier City, LA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask River Point Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.